what exactly is considered the "aft"?

[Lefty888]

I should know this by now, but I don't. I just rec'd my docs (whoo:D hoo) and the tags say verandah "aft". I thought the aft cabins were the ones in the very back back. We are in the back 1/3 of the boat but not the very back. Does aft just mean the back 1/2? I am confused. :confused:

[vijoge]

I thought the aft cabins were the ones in the very back back. . :confused:

 

Theose cabins are on the stern.

[MrPete]

The ship is split in three's or two's

 

Aft/fore

 

Aft/midship/fore

 

So it's just referencing you are either in the back half of the ship, or the back third.

[caribbean dreams]

Go to the Carnival website and look up the deck plan, you will know where your cabin is.

[VentureMan_2000]

Facing forward, the left side is Port, the right side is starboard. Just anticipating your next question... ;)

[derf5585]

Aft, in naval terminology, is an adverb meaning 'towards the stern of the ship',

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aft

 

In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that constitutes the roof of a poop cabin built in the aft (rear) part of the superstructure

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poop_deck

[BillnBobbi]

Aft, in naval terminology, is an adverb meaning 'towards the stern of the ship',

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aft

 

In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that constitutes the roof of a poop cabin built in the aft (rear) part of the superstructure

from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poop_deck

 

Whaddaya doo in the poop cabin?

 

Did I answer my own question?

 

BnB

[derf5585]

Whaddaya doo in the poop cabin?

Did I answer my own question?

 

Okay, let's all get it out of our systems right now. The poop deck of a sailing ship has absolutely no connection with a certain bodily function.

from

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-poop-deck.htm

[jessemon]

I should know this by now, but I don't. I just rec'd my docs (whoo:D hoo) and the tags say verandah "aft". I thought the aft cabins were the ones in the very back back. We are in the back 1/3 of the boat but not the very back. Does aft just mean the back 1/2? I am confused. :confused:

Foreward.....Pointy end.......

Aft....round end.......

As one poster put...can be midships also....center......

Anything past a certen point is aft....if no midships is involved.....

Then again if you are heading towards the round (aft or stern) and go past the middle point of the ship.........

OK....I'm lost......LOL......

Where was I going.......???????:p

It gets really confusing when they turn the ship around.......

[Crusin Karen]

What ship and what cabin #? If you go to the CCL website, click on your ship, then on "decks" and scroll to your deck, you can locate your cabin.